ferus adj. 2 FER-, wild, untamed, uncultivated: beluae: leones, H.: fructūs, V.

—As subst m.: hastam in feri alvum contorsit, of the horse, V.: Pectebat ferum, the stag, V.: ut vidit ferum, the lion, Ph.

—Meton., of places, waste, wild, desert: montes, V.: silvae, H.

—Fig., wild, rude, uncultivated, savage, barbarous, fierce, cruel: hostis: genus hominum, S.: Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, H.: Britanni hospitibus, H.: mores: sibi fera sacra parari, death by sacrifice, O.